The SE9 stock around Eltham Palace is mainly Victorian. ONS records 27% flats, 73% houses and 13,732 households in Eltham.
Private renting sits at 15% and owner-occupation at 64%; the first group books retail and shop clearance at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick — and with 15% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does, so the fixing that matters in Eltham is chosen on site — the usual failure here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — and with 28% one-person households in Eltham, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Two streets can behave very differently in Eltham: the medieval palace, Art Deco Eltham Palace and streets of 1930s semis. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Eltham is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, driveway parking on most streets; the high street has timed loading only — one reason two to three operatives for a small or mid-size unit, with access equipment booked separately for fascia and signage above ground floor level. Fitters travelling in use Eltham (Southeastern).
